Otto; or, Up with Dead People – political/porno/zombie gay film – Bruce LaBruce
Posted: Marzo 14th, 2008 | Author: porno | Filed under: Spizzichi e bocconi | 1 Comment »Visto che sono in periodo di segnalazione di video, dopo Sukeban Boy di Noboru Iguchi non posso evitare di segnalarvi (grazie anche al promemoria di darkpand che ringrazio) il trailer dell’ultima opera di Bruce LaBruce, Otto; or, Up with Dead People. Presentato a vari film festival nei mesi scorsi il film si annuncia decisamente interessante e assolutamente in stile LaBruce
A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is trying to finish “Up with Dead People,” the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that there is a wallet in his back pocket that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember a few details, including memories of his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.
“Otto” rappresenta una tappa perfetta di quel percorso delirante intrapreso con “The Raspberry Reich”, anche se, rispetto a quest’ultimo, pare più una tappa precedente che una successiva. La “intifada omosessuale” (perché “non esiste rivoluzione senza la rivoluzione sessuale, e non esiste rivoluzione sessuale senza la rivoluzione omosessuale”) annunciata nel 2004 raggiungeva incisività, linearità e potenza rivoluzionarie e sovversive qui purtroppo non eguagliate.